The results are in: FitChicago had its most successful start of the year ever. On the first Monday of fall quarter, the numbers proclaim the growing popularity of the drop-in fitness program, with 12 participants in boot camp, 26 in beginning yoga, 61 in cardio kickboxing, and a whopping 220 in Zumba for a grand total of 319. The other nine classes offered later in the week had similarly high attendance.

By Mary Abowd Photo by Rob KozloffOriginally published on November 24, 2014
December 2, 2014

Fourth-year Hope Bretscher has won a Marshall Scholarship, a prestigious award for graduate study that will send her to the United Kingdom next year to pursue her interests in science and human rights.

By Mary Abowd Photo by Robert Kozloff
Originally published September 29, 2014

The online announcement came at 4:20 p.m. Jaeda Branch was home alone, seated in front of her computer but too nervous to open email. Then a senior at Morgan Park High School on Chicago’s Southwest Side, Branch dearly hoped to attend the University of Chicago. It was “the school of my dreams,” she says, “my top choice.”

Zoё Smith stated that for her thesis, she will be watching TV and reading comic books. She quickly clarified for the room full of people and the four other Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows on her panel that this meant she will be conducting scholarly research on the transmedia portrayal of sexual violence and femininity in The Walking Dead and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

“Do you want to hear the positive or the negative first?” Kuwan Foster, a recent graduate of Urban Prep Englewood and representative for Keep Loving Each Other (KLEO) Center, asked of the people who came to look at his group’s poster presentation at the MAPSCorps Scientific Symposium.

Every year the Study Abroad office collects hundreds of photos, videos, and essays from students in the College, looking for scenes that capture the awe, delight, romance, discovery, and challenges of living abroad. This is a small selection of this year’s winning entries.

The University of Chicago’s varsity student-athletes achieved historic successes in 2013-14, including two national championships in individual competitions and a school-record ranking of 16th in the Learfield Sports Directors Cup.